Amoeboflagellate

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The heterolobosean pathogen Naegleria fowleri can behave as an amoeba (center) or as a flagellate (right). Naegleria fowleri lifecycle stages.JPG
The heterolobosean pathogen Naegleria fowleri can behave as an amoeba (center) or as a flagellate (right).

An amoeboflagellate is any eukaryotic organism capable of behaving as an amoeba and as a flagellate at some point during their life cycle. Amoeboflagellates present pseudopodia and at least one flagellum, often in separate life stages (as in Naegleria , a human pathogen) [1] or in the same stage simultaneously (as in Cercomonas ). [2]

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Occurrence

The amoeboflagellate cell type has been acquired numerous independent times across the evolution of protists (i.e. primarily unicellular eukaryotes that are not plants, fungi or animals). [3] Some examples of protist phyla with amoeboflagellate body types are:

The choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta can switch between a swimming (flagellate) stage and a crawling (amoeboid) stage when subjected to a confined space. Salpingoeca rosetta elife-61037-fig1-E-P.png
The choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta can switch between a swimming (flagellate) stage and a crawling (amoeboid) stage when subjected to a confined space.

The amoeboflagellate phenotype is present in numerous protists that have a crucial phylogenetic position near the origin of animals and fungi, within the vast clade known as Opisthokonta. It has been described in choanoflagellates such as Salpingoeca , filastereans such as Pigoraptor , and even some early-branching fungi such as Sanchytrium , [16] but it is absent in animals. [3] The two species of Pluriformea have a wide range of cell types, from cellular aggregations to amoeboflagellates. [17]

Notes

  1. This class belongs to a paraphyletic phylum that is in disuse, known as Apusozoa. [12] Although not a phylum itself, it is listed here with other phyla due to comprising an independent clade of organisms.

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